Universities - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/universities/?source=rss&aim=universities en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT My office mate was a stinky slob -- so I complained By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/16/drama_department/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/09/16/drama_department/index.html?source=rss Too much drama in the drama department -- should I have kept my mouth shut? At 56 I want an art history degree By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/07/art_history/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/07/art_history/index.html?source=rss I hit the wall in my dead-end job, I'm sleeping on a friend's floor, but I have a dream! Desperately unhappy in the top Ivy League school By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/22/ivy_league/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/22/ivy_league/index.html?source=rss I want to work in New York publishing, and I know this is the route, but I'm miserable and depressed. I'm a new university student. How do I make friends? By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/07/freshman_friends/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/07/freshman_friends/index.html?source=rss I like my solitude, but I can't do it all alone. There are 40,000 students here. Any advice? I'm an analytical chemist with a two-body problem By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/28/two_body_problem/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/28/two_body_problem/index.html?source=rss My girlfriend is going to Berkeley; should I take a dream job in Toronto? How can we get back the thrill in our relationship? By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/08/stanford_girlfriend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/08/stanford_girlfriend/index.html?source=rss We're Stanford juniors in love, but the initial fizz is gone. Graduate schools can drive you crazy By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/02/graduate_schools/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/02/02/graduate_schools/index.html?source=rss Why do arts graduate schools, in particular, bring out our vulnerabilities? I could have had celebrity sex -- but I stuck to my principles By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/08/celebrity_flirtation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/08/celebrity_flirtation/index.html?source=rss I fell hard for a high-level business leader -- until she abruptly turned off the charm. To teach or not to teach? Campus politics has got me twisted around By Cary Tennis Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/08/23/institutions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2006/08/23/institutions/index.html?source=rss I'd like to teach a course that my subordinate wanted to teach -- should I do it or refuse? Fired for being Israeli By Siva Vaidhyanathan Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/26/israelscholars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/26/israelscholars/index.html?source=rss Two noted Israeli scholars have been sacked from European journals, victims of a boycott against Israel. Why are progressive intellectuals descending to such bankrupt tactics? Right-wing colleges reject "God is an abortionist" ads By David Mazel Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/04/27/censorship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/04/27/censorship/index.html?source=rss Thrilled to hear David Horowitz's pronouncement that "campus censors are on the run," I try a little free speech of my own -- at Bob Jones U. and other conservative schools. Letters to the editor Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/01/19/barneyfrank/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/01/19/barneyfrank/index.html?source=rss Barney Frank clarifies he's no big fan of Steve Forbes Plus: Women should deal with sexism in college -- just like men do! Geek sex -- a waste of marketable energy? MP3 crackdown By Janelle Brown Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/17/riaa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/11/17/riaa/index.html?source=rss As the recording industry "educates" universities about digital music piracy, students feel the heat. List this By Jake Tapper Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/feature/1999/09/03/list/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/feature/1999/09/03/list/index.html?source=rss See how U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of colleges stacks up against other media listings. Michael Bérubé's difficult balancing act By Michele Tepper Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/10/26/26feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/10/26/26feature/index.html?source=rss While battling the critics of political correctness outside the university, the "tenured radical" also slams his fellow academics for failing to help graduate students and other untenured scholars organize. Creeps on campus By Dawn McKeen Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/10/09/cov_09feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/10/09/cov_09feature/index.html?source=rss Do bad guys have a right to higher education? The $10,000 hoop By Zachary Karabell Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/09/14/cov_14feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/09/14/cov_14feature/index.html?source=rss Has higher education become an exercise in futility for most Americans? The loafing class By David Horowitz Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1998/02/09/nc_09horo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/1998/02/09/nc_09horo/index.html?source=rss Shiftless, lazy good-for-nothings? Try the richly paid leftist professors securely ensconced in their irrelevant ivory towers. Novelists 'R' Us By Laura Miller Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1997/04/01/writing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1997/04/01/writing/index.html?source=rss Salon Magazine for April 1, 1997: Novelists 'R' Us by Laura Miller